Example sentences of "the [noun] have have [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Most of the workers concerned had or would have been deemed by the courts to have had contracts of employment .
2 The courts have had powers over the years to deal with those offences .
3 Hardly a fish has been caught here for three weeks but the birds had had roach and dace up to 8 oz .
4 Meanwhile , the kitchen had to have priority downstairs .
5 There is also suspicion about the effects of the VDUs , although the screens are well positioned and the operators have had eye tests .
6 The association has had calls from hundreds of sufferers after a report that 17 people on human insulin have died this year .
7 ‘ I do n't fear that , Miss Mackenzie ; I 'm convinced you 'll be back up that ladder before the ambulance has had time to drive away . ’
8 From the first days of August , the president has had trouble even articulating the war aims , as not a few American commentators pointed out before ‘ supporting our boys ’ , prayer breakfasts , and a patriotism that may be more anxious than it yet seems , silenced them .
9 Deputy Head ( Curriculum ) : ‘ We 'll discuss this again after the department has had time to consider it . ’
10 The criteria is that the songs have to have character .
11 The few parents in the study had had children relatively late , when they had established reputations which would bridge a career break .
12 She would not have been surprised if The Towers had had dungeons to store them in .
13 Since the six-day war in 1967 , the Jews have had access to the old city and many excavations have revealed its past history .
14 All except Lord Diplock ( and in this he positively disagreed ) held that the GLC had to have regard , when making a grant , to the LTE 's obligation to run its operations so far as practicable , on a break-even basis ; so the GLC could make grants to the LTE only to make good unavoidable losses and not to further a particular social policy .
15 It was a small Polytechnic , had a history of poor local authority support , and the CNAA had had occasion to be critical of it as an academic community .
16 It is difficult to deal sensibly with the craze unless we remember that it is the latest in a series of recognisably similar phenomena , which the law has had difficulty in regulating : the early ‘ happenings ’ , influenced by LSD ; the ‘ blues parties ’ , which were the last to hit the headlines ; the continuing ‘ northern soul ’ craze , and no doubt others which even the participants have long since forgotten .
17 The development of the zones has had implications for surrounding areas .
18 The fan who had given him the pen had had L. M. inscribed on it .
19 The author has had time to consider and reflect , so that descriptions , interpretations and evaluations will have been carefully formulated .
20 It is important to wait until the plants have had time to become well established before introducing the fish , otherwise they will uproot the plants and dirty the water , and the entire pool will then go green as the uprooted plants are unable to function .
21 The body has to have control mechanisms to regulate all its functions .
22 Erm , may I just say , that you may recall , that at the nineteen eighty-eight A G M , we agreed that they 'd be no smoking here , er , and I hope that er er , can be adhered to , er , and finally er , I have a fairly full agenda , and the officials have have sort of er , measured it to the nearest minute .
23 If the compartment is large enough and the bag is small enough , you can put the whole bag in the compartment , tear a small hole in it and immediately slide the glass across before the ants have had time to escape .
24 The station had to have yards large enough for hundreds of such vehicles to be marshalled , areas where the animals could be tethered or grazed , perhaps for days .
25 But the first is also significant , suggesting that the duke had had designs on some of the earl 's patronage .
26 But the first is also significant , suggesting that the duke had had designs on some of the earl 's patronage .
27 The Globe 's had information from him before .
28 When the glue has had time to dry take a small inked roller and roll across the items .
29 In most cases reported the cattle have had access to housing previously occupied by pigs , sometimes several years before , or to land fertilised with pig manure .
30 Some parts of the motorway have had lights installed , making a huge difference to visibility .
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